Separable hinge for screens.



PATENTED MAY 10, 1904.

C; ROWLAND.

SEPARABLE HINGE FOR. SCREENS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented May 10, 1904. i

PATENT OFFICE.

CALVIN ROWLAND, OF DENVER, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR TO THE ROTVLAND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF DENVER, COLORADO, A CORPORATION OF COLORADO.

SEPARABLE HINGE FOR SCREENS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,752, dated May 10, 1904. Application filed July 2, 1903. Serial No. 164,057. (No model.)

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CALVIN ROWLAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado,

5 have invented a certain new, useful, and Improved Separable Hinge for Screens, (Case No. 4,) of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to means for pivotally supporting or hanging storm-sashes and I full-length screens.

Many of the pivotal hangers or separable hinges which have been invented heretofore are objectionable for the reason that they must be applied from the exterior of the building, and in such cases it becomes necessary to use ladders in placing storm-sashes or fulllength screens in position. In those inventions where the hinges may be attached from the inside it is necessary in order to detach the screen or storm-sash that they be swung out at a very great angle from the windowframes, thus making it diflicult to afiix and remove the screens, even though the hinges are applied from the inside.

5 g The object of my invention is to provide a pivotal support or separable hinge for stormsashes and fulllength screens which may be applied from inside the buildingthat is, without the use of laddersand which will 3 permit and enable the hanging of storm-sashes and screens from the inside of the building and also permit their removal through the windows to which they are attached.

Another object of my invention is to provide a hanger or hinge which shall permit the removal of the screen orstorm-sash when swung out at a comparatively small angle.

Another object of my invention is to simplify and cheapen the construction of separa- 4 ble hinges of this class and lessen the cost attendant upon their use.

My invention consists generally in a pivotal support or hanger of the class described, comprising an offset hooked portion for attachment to the top of the sash or screen, in combination witha hinge for attachment to the window-cap, and one leaf of which is provided with anoflset lower end that constitutes the pivot for the hooked portion of the hanger; and, further, my invention consists in a device posscss- 5 ing the above characteristics and in which the pivot-leaf is joined to the other leaf of the hinge by a stiff hinge-joint, whereby said pivot portion will be retained in any position to which it is adjusted; and, further, my invention consists in the combination of the window-frame with a storm-sash or screen frame having an inwardly-beveled top and a hanger having offset hooked and pivot members attached to said sash and the cap of the windowframe, respectively; and, further, my invention consists in various details of construction and in combination of parts, all as hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims. 5

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the 7 upper part of a window that is equipped with pivotal hangers or separable hinges embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of'my hanger or hinge. Fig. 3 is avertical section showing the beveled top of the storm-sash or screen frame, and Fig. 4: illustrates a modified form of the upper portion of the hanger.

As shown in the drawings, 2 represents the window-frame, whereof 3 is the cap. 30"

4 represents the screen or storm-sash frame. This is usually placed within the windowframe and rests against the blind-stops 5 thereof. Its stop 6 is beveled, as shown in 3. The purpose thereof will be ex- 5 plained hereinafter. Two hangers or separable hinges are employed for supporting the sash or screen, and each comprises three parts,

a hooked portion and two hinged leaves, one

of which is provided with an offset lower end. 9 In detail these parts comprise the fasteningplate 7, the oifset 8, and the oppositely-extending part 9, provided with the inwardlyturned hook 10. The part thus described is attached to the top rail of the sash or frame 4, and its hook extends some distance above V the lower surface of the cap 3. The hinge which is attached to the cap comprises the plate 11 and the outer leaf 12, which is preferably composed of wire. The upper end or cross-bar of the leaf 12 is pivoted in the curl 13 of the plate or leaf 11, and this curl is so firmly bound upon the end or ends of the part 12 that said part will stand at any position to which it is adjusted, as shown in Fig. 4. The lower end of the leaf 12 is bent at a right angle to the upper portion thereof and presents the offset cross-bar 14, which stands at a considerable distance away from the plate 11 and serves as the pivot for the hook 10 and the screen or sash hanging therefrom. I sometimes make the plate 11 with a simple hooked end 13, having a sharp edge 13", that may be driven into the cap 3 and which will assist in sustaining the weight of the sash or screen. The plate 11 is of the proper length, and its position on the cap3 is gaged by placing the lower end of plate 11 flush with the under surface of said cap.

When a sash or screen is to be hung, two hooked portions are first attached to its top, at which time the offset 8 serves as a gage, making it easy to properly place the parts. The hinge members are then attached to the window-cap. This may be readily done from within the window when the upper windowsash is lowered. After the hinge parts have been placed the members 12 are moved out to the position shown in Fig. 4: and by dotted lines in Fig. 3. The screen or sash is then put through the window and lifted until its hooks are in position to drop over the bars 14 of the hinge members 12. It may then be lowered into the position shown by full lines in the drawings, the outer leaf, with its offset pivot and the beveled corner or top of the sash, permitting the top of the sash to fall into place when the sash is but slightly inclined. The sash may be removed with equal ease. as the beveled top of the same permits said top to be pushed out away from the win- (low-cap, so that it may be lifted ofi the upper portion of the hangers or attachments. Were it not for the bevel upon the top of the sash or upon the corner of the window-cap it would be impossible to either hang or remove the sash when placed substantially perpendicular to the wall.

My invention possesses an advantage which does not appear upon the face of the drawings. The hinged supports permit the top of a stormsash to be pushed out slightly. This will leave a wide crack or opening at the top of the storm-sash,and the storm-sash may be held in this position by placing a small block or fastening beneath its lower end. In this manner Iam able to provide ventilation at the tops of windows which are closed by storm-sashes.

It is obvious that numerous modifications of my invention will readily suggest themselves to one skilled in the art, and 1 therefore do not confine my invention to the specific construction herein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A separable pivotal support or hanger for a storm-sash or screen, comprising an offset hooked portion and an offset pivot portion, means for rigidly attaching one of said parts to a sash or screen frame and means for pivotally attaching the other part to a windowcap, substantially as described.

2. A separable pivotal support or hanger for a storm-sash or screen, comprising the lower member, having an ofifset hook in combination with the upper member, provided with an offset pivot and a gage-plate whereon said upper member is hinged, substantially as described.

3. In a separable pivotal support or hanger for a storm-sash or screen, the lower member comprising the plate, having an ofiset or gage portion, 8, and an upwardly-extending pivot portion, in combination with the upper member, comprising a hinge-leaf, provided with an offset pivot portion on its lower end, substantially as described.

4. In a separable pivotal support or hanger for a storm-sash or screen, the lower member comprising a fastening-plate, provided with an offset inwardly-turned hook upon its upper end, in combination with the upper hinge member, comprising a link, having an offset lower end or bar, and a gageplate, upon which the upper end of which said link is pivoted, substantially as described.

5. In a separable pivotal support or hanger for a storm-sash or screen, the lower member comprising a plate having an ofiset hook upon its upper end, in combination with a gageplate, 11, and a leaf, 12, connected to said plate by a stiff hinge-joint and provided with an offset lower end, substantially as described.

6. The combination of awindow-frame with a storm-sash or screen-frame therein and provided with a beveled top, and the separable pivotal hangers attached to said window-frame and screen-frame and each comprising two offset pivotal parts, substantially as described.

7. A combination of a window-frame with a screen frame or sash, having a beveled top, the hinge-leaves secured to the window-frame cap, the inwardly-turned ofiset hooks provided on the top of said sash or screen frame, and the depending hinge leaves or links pivoted on the window-frame cap, and having offset pivots for said hooks, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand,this 1st day of June, 1903, at Chicago, Illinois, in the presence of two witnesses.

/ CALVIN ROI/VLAND.

Witnesses C. G. HAWLEY, JOHN H. GARNsEY. 

